Music

Livestream from the Academy stage- Broadcast on YouTube. NO registration necessary The Lucky 5 is a hard-swinging jazz band that blends swing and gypsy jazz to create a unique, foot-stomping blend of music that appeals to a wide range of music lovers. The Lucky 5 performs both original compositions as well as putting a new […]

Taylor Ashton and special guests, broadcast on YouTube. This concert is free, although tips are welcome via a virtual tip jar. Advance registration is not required. Watch and listen. Taylor Ashton is a Canadian songwriter and singer living in Brooklyn, New York, who is influenced by the ways that traditional folk, pop, and R&B can […]

Three Time Latin Grammy Nominee Broadcast on our YouTube channel. No registration necessary. Jovino Santos Neto is a lyrical, expressive, brilliantly accomplished pianist first mentored in the creative cauldron of Brazilian jazz great, Hermeto Pasocoal’s group, where he stayed 15 years. For the Spencertown Academy’s Roots & Shoots series, he’s prepared a special treat, walking […]

CANCELED due to non-Covid illness: Music Lessons tells the story of Ed Napier’s journey from the backwoods of West Virginia to the halls of Columbia, Herbert Berghof (HB) Studio, and Juilliard in New York in pursuit of becoming a playwright and opera singer. Through scenes, stories, and songs, he recounts the process of growing up, […]

THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT: With their dynamic blend of classic jazz, R&B, adult contemporary, and rock, the Wanda Houston Band is one of the most popular musical groups in the Berkshires. Vocal stylist Houston leads the band in fresh takes on standards, ranging from Fitzgerald to Sinatra, Aretha to Sam Cook, and the Beatles […]

This concert was originally scheduled to be held outdoors, but due to technical issues beyond our control, it will be held indoors at the Spencertown Academy. The Lucky 5 is a hard-swinging jazz band that blends swing and gypsy jazz to create a unique, foot-stomping blend of music. Included with your ticket is an optional […]

Purchase tickets now. Online ticket sales close at midnight on Friday, June 17. A limited number of tickets will be available at the door, depending on availability. Based in New York’s Catskill Mountains, Ungar and Mason are best known for their work on the soundtrack of Ken Burns’s PBS documentary series, The Civil War. Ungar’s […]

“Jim Kweskin made history in the 1960s by founding the Jim Kweskin Jug Band,” says Gerald Seligman, member of the Academy’s Music Committee. “Along with Geoff Muldaur, who graced our stage a few years ago, and his then-wife Maria Muldaur, they rescued African-American jug band music from obscurity and served it up for a new […]

Admission is free, registration is required. A suggested $20 donation will benefit the Spencertown Academy Deeper Than The Skin is a musical presentation by two talented musicians with a unique […]

We are very excited to welcome these two brilliant singer-songwriters to the Academy. Their resumes are long and varied, and they have performed in many different musical genres, but there’s this constant—their songs are always clever and often wickedly funny. The audience is certainly in store for a rollicking evening of fun and laughter. Lavin […]

Roots & Shoots Concerts Series is pleased to present The Emily Duff Band. Rolling Stone magazine described singer-songwriter-guitarist Duff as “one Part Patti Smith, one part Muscle Shoals.” Her band includes John Hamilton (bass and background vocals), Kenny Soule (drums and background vocals), and Danny Ray (saxophone). “Emily’s songs are personal and gritty, delivered with […]

Spencertown Academy in a new collaboration with the Capital Region Blues Network (CRBN) is excited to have these 3 dynamic musicians grace our stage for an evening of the blues: […]